Motivations and characteristics of adult students: Factor stability and construct validity of the educational participation scale

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-40

  Fujita Starck, Pamela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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